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N: Death Mask of Tutankhamen
D:1323 BCE
P/S:Dynasty
A:Unknown
P: Tutankhamen
L:Valley of the Kings
M/T:Solid Gold inlaid with gems
F:Covered Tutankhamen's mummified head
D/T:Spells written on the side are suppose to protect the body, and the beard is usually seen on most pharaohs. Egyptian vulture and cobra on the top |
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N:Coffin of Tutankhamen
D:1323 BCE
P/S:Dynasty
A:unknown
P:Tutankhamen
L:Valley of the Kings
M/T:Solid gold and inlaid with gems
F:To keep/hold the body of Tutankhamen
D/T:Held 3 different coffins inside to insure the safety of the body. Traditional false beard and hloding a crock and flail. |
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N:Sumerian Voting Offerings
D:threw out Sumerian art period
P/S:Sumerian Art
A:Unknown
P:none
L:Temple in Iraq
M/T:Limestone
F:To show RITUALS/religious beliefs
D/T:Shows them looking up at there gods |
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N:Standard of Ur
D:2600 BCE
P/S:Sumerian ART
A:unknown
P:None
L:IraqM/T:Wood Inlaid with Shells
F:To shown the War side, Peace side
D/T:It has a top witch is of the War side, the bottom is of the peace side |
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N:Seated Statue of Gudea Holding Temple Plan
D:2100 BCE
P/S:Ancient Egypt
A:unknown
P:Gudea
L:Girsu, Iraq
M/T:polished diorite
DT:Hands clasped,long garment tht leaves one shoulder and arm exposed, hyroglyphics cover bottom half of statue except for feet, head less |
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N:Palette of King Narmer
D:300-2920 BCE
P/S:the end of Predynastc time
A:hierakonpolis
L:Egypt, Predynastic
F:Tombs, also a blueprint
D/T:Man on the palette is killing another man, document marking |
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N:Rosetta Stone
D:found in 1799
P/S:Ancient Egyptian
L:Egyptian village Rosette
M/T:Compact busalt slab
F:Key to solve the ancient egyptian language
D/T:it was a key that would help solve what things meant, had three Languages on it |
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N:Great Sphinx
D:2520-2494 BCE
P/S:Dynasty
P:Khafre
L:Gizeh,Egypt
M/T:Sandstone, carved from spur of rock
F:Combin human intelligenced with the strength of the king of beasts
D/T:it was probably an image of Khafre but also portrays Khufu |
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N:Nefertiti Bust
D:1345 BCE
P/S:Dynasty
A:Thutmose
P:unkown
L:Amarna, Egypt
M/T:Limestone
F:Possibly to show the townspeople in order to honnor and accurately paint her
D/T:Has a long neck and muscline feature,her hair is tucked into her crown. Her face shows feminine beauty and on top of her crown there is a symbol most pharaohs wear. |
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N:Akhenaton, Nefertiti and Their Children
D:1350 BCE
P/S:Dynasties, Armana Period
A:Unknown
P:Unknown
L:Armana,Egypt
M/T:Limestone
F:To show the roayal family in a more natural state
D/T:The sun god is represented at the top. They all seem to have protruded stomachs and king is larger than the queen. |
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N:Ti watching a Hippopotamus Hunt
D:2450-2350 BCE
P/S:Dynasty
P:Ti
L:Saqqara, Egypt
M/T:Painted Limestone; relief
F:Success in the hunt, for examole was a metaphor for triumph over the forces of evil, so Ti had hunting and farming murals in his tomb
C:Ti is watching little kids slaughter hippos
D/T:Ti, his men,and his boats move slowly through the marshes, hunting hippopotamous and birds in a dense growth of towing papyrus |
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N:Seated Scribe
P/S:2450-2350 BCE
A:unknown
P:unknown
L:Saqqara, Egypt
M/T:Painted Limestone
F:unknown
C:The scribe is sitting down writing something and staring straight ahead
D/T:Despite the stuff upright posture and frontality of head and body , the color lends alife like quality to the statue |
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N:Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
P/S:Dynasty XII 1950-1900
A:Egyptian builders
P:Queen Hatshepsut
L:Beni Hasan, Egypt
M/T:Rock/The builders dug into cliff
C:The hall is where Queen Hatshepsut was laid to rest
D/T:Tombs often were fronted by a shallow columnar vestibule, which led into a columned hall and then into a burila chamber |
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N:Pyramids at Giza
D:(2490-2472)(2520-2494)(2551-2528) took years to make
P/S:Dynasty
A:khufu, Khafre, Menkaure
P:King
L:Gizeh, Egypt
M/T:Stacking Mastabas
F:Royal tombs
D/T:3 larger pyramids |
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N:King Djoser step pyramind
D:2630-2611 BCE
P/S:third dynasty
A:imhotep
P:King Djoser
L:Saqqara, Egypt
M/T:mud bricks
F:royal tomb |
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N:Menkaure and Khamernebty
D:2490-2472 BCE
P/S:Dynasty IV; sculpture
A:unknown
P:Menkaure
L:Gizeh, Egypt
M/T:Graywacke; subtraction method
F:to house the Ka
C:The husband and wife show no other sign of affection or emotion and look not at each other but out into space
D/T:the sculptor used conventional postures to suggest the timeless nature of these eternal substute homes for the Ka |
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N:Bull-Headed Lyre
D:2683 BCE
A:unknown
P:musician
L:Royal Cemetary, Ur, Iraq
M/T:Gold leaf and lapis lazuli over a wooden core
F:used as a musical instrument
C:Shows that sumerian people had specialized labor to make instruments and played music
D/T:bull has hair and a beard made with the signature sumerian beard ripple: Approx. 5 ft. 5 in. tall |
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N:Human with a Feline Head
D:30,000-28,000 BCE
P/S:Paleolithic
A:unknown
P:unknown
L:Hohlenstein-Stadel, Gremany
M:Mammoth ivory 11 3/8"
F:Worships purposes
C:increasing labor skills
D/T:composite, animal head/human body, subtractive |
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N:Venus of Willendorf
D:28,000-25,00 BCE
P/S:Paleolithic
A:unknown
P:none
L:Willendorf, Austria
M/T:Limestone,carved in the round, subtractive method
F:to show fertility
D/T:Cluster of almost ball-like shapes; anatomically exaggerated female reproductive areas |
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N:Halls of bulls
D:14000 BCE
P/S:Paleolithic
A:unknown
P:none
L:Montignac France (in a cave)
M/T:used colored silhouettes
D/T:in large Circular gallery, deep in a cave |
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N:Human Skull
D:7,000-6,000 BCE
P/S:Neolithic
A:unknown
P:unknown
L:Jericho
M/T:Shells, clay and lime plaster
F:may have been used for the ancient worship
C:Shows that people even in early Neolithic times believed in higher beings
D/T:Plastered skull with shells inlaid in the eyes |
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N:Rhinoceros, Wounded man, and disemboweled bison
D:15,000-13,000 BCE
P/S:Paleolithic
A:unknown
P:none
L:in a cave
D/T:At the left is a rhinoceros, rendered with all the skilled attention to animal detail customarily seen in the cave art |
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N:Schematic drawing, Catal Hoyuk
P/S:Early Neolithic
A:After J. Mellaart
P:Historians
L:Catal Hoyuk, Turkey
M/T:Drawing
F:To show how Catal Hoyuk looked from 6000-5900 BCE
C:For historians to study how the early Neolithic people lived and what they lived in.
D/T:One shrine for every three houses, the houses are constructed of mud and brick |
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N:Deer Hunt
P/S:Early Neolithic/Cave Mural
A:Catal Hoyuk
P:none
L:Turkey
M/T:Cave wall, plaster
F:A narrative to show how the hunters from the Catal Hoyuk tribe hunted and killed
C:Use to tell stories of the great hunters from the Catal Hoyuk tribe
D/T:typical Neolithic artwork depicting sveral men hunting |
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N:Stone Henge
P/S:Neolithic
A:Neolithic humans in Great Britain
P:None
L:Salisbury Plain in southern England
M/T:Rough-cut sarsen stones and smaller "Blue stones"/addition method
F:Ancient astronomical observatory
C:Used by ancient astronomers to study the solar calendar
D/T:320 ft. in diameter with and opening oreinted along an axis toward the heel stone. |
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N:Khafre Statue
D:2520-2494
P/S:Ancient Egypt from Gizeh
A:unknown
P:Khafre
L:Gizeh, Egypt
M/T:Diorite/subtraction method
C:used to be an adobe for the Ka should the mummy be destroyed
D/T:The falcon-god Horus extends his protective wings to shelter the pharohs head |
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N:Akhenation
D:1353-1335 BCE
P/S:ancient Egyptian for Akhenation
A:unknown
P:Akhenation
L:Karnak, Egypt
M/T:Sandstone and approximately 13 ft. tall
D/T:curvy body, big lips, droopy eyelids, belly, more realistic |
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N:Bison
D:12,000-11,000 BCE
P/S:Paleolithic cave painting
A:Unknown
P:none
L:Altamira cave, Santander, Spain
D/T:three bison on the ceiling-two curied up in balls and one standing. No distinct relation to each other. The bison's are painted in profile with a dark outline with maroon/red coloring |
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N:Queen Hatshepsut with offering jars
D:1473-1458 BCE
P/S:Ancient Egypt
A:unknown
P:Hatshepsut
L:Dier el-Bahri, Egypt
M/T:red granite
C:shows her praying to the gods
D/T:the statue was smashed to pieces and reconstructed from the recovered fragments |
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N:Temple of Ramses the II
D:1290-1224 BCE
P/S:Ancient Egyptian
A:unknown
P:Ramses the II
L:Abu Simbel, Egypt
M/T:Sandstone, rock cut, 65 ft.
F:Temple
C:made to show dominance of Egypt over Nubia
D/T:Extremely large deated statues of Ramses the II with royal family members between his legs. Hyroglyphics onthe temple |
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N:Hypostyle Hall, Geart Temple of Amun
D:1290-1224 BCE
P/S:Ancient Egyptian
A:unkown
P:none
L:Karnak, Egypt
M/T:Stone slabs
F:court/temple
D/T:Routinely covered with reliefs glorifying rulers. Open court with columns inside. Hyroglyphics on columns and ciling. Clerestory for lighting |
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N:Stone Tower
D:8,000 BCE
P/S:Neolithic
A:unknown
P:None
L:Jericho
D/T:A stone wall surrounding the town of Jericho
that defends the city lfrom floods and invasions
C:They were trying to defend themselves from outside forces
M/T: stone |
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N:Seated statue of gudea holding temple plan
D:2100 BCE
A:unknown
P:Gudea
L:Girsu, Iraq
M/T:polished diorite
D/T:hands clasped, long garment that leaves one shoulder and arm exposed, hyroglyphics cover bottom half of statue except for feet, head less |
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N:Zigguarat of Ur
D:2100 BCE
P/S:Sumeria/Mesoptamia
A:People od Ur
P:Poeple of Ur
L:Muqayyar, Iraq
M/T:mud brick and backed bricks; they piled these things on top of each other
C:place of worship
F:Place of worship for the gods and town center
D/T:One of the largest in mesopotamia |
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N:White Temple
D:3200-3000 BCE
P/S:Sumeria/Mesopotamia
A:unknown
P:Sumerians
L:Uruk, Mesopotamia
M/T:mud brick
C:place worships
F:place worships
D/T:Built facing cardinal directions and has staircases facing the back of the temple |
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